o A research team led by Professor Younghoon Kim in the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology at Seoul National University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has identified a bacterial strain capable of converting cultivated-meat spent medium (CSM) into a biodegradable bioplastic. CSM is generated after a...

Avian embryos present substantial barriers to early-stage genetic manipulation due to avian physiology and opaque yolk, underscoring the need for alternative in vivo germline delivery systems. Extracellular vesicles (EVs), particularly exosomes, are biocompatible nanoscale carriers of nucleic acids, yet their potent...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) represents a growing global health challenge due to its propensity to progress to irreversible hepatic disorders, including fibrosis, cirrhosis, and carcinoma. This study aimed to investigate the role of gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of MASH. We identified...

This study introduces a chitosan-based paper microfluidic platform that enhances flow-profile differences among honey types (sugar-fed, acacia, polyfloral, and chestnut). Using honey samples of each type collected from four geographical regions, distinct flow profiles were observed, with succinic acid identified as ...

Researchers at Seoul National University demonstrated that the toxicity of microplastics can vary depending not only on particle properties but also on the bacterial strains present alongside them. Using Caenorhabditis elegans, the team showed that Enterobacter sp. LG3 aggravated physiological stress and intestinal ...

A multinational research team including Professor Tae-Jin Yang’s group at Seoul National University (Director of the Green Bio Science & Technology Institute and head of the BK21 Creative Leader Program for Agricultural and Forestry Bio-resources) and Dr. Soon-Jae Kwon’s team at the Korea Atomic Ener...

SNU CALS team led by Prof. Pahn-Shick Chang has elucidated the structural mechanism underlying the sn-1(3) regioselectivity of OPE and established a comprehensive correlation between tunnel morphology and positional preference in lipases. By integrating chiral-phase resolution and molecular dynamics simulations, the...

BackgroundEctomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi establish symbiotic relationships with plant roots, enhancing nutrient uptake, improving plant health, and boosting ecosystem resilience. Although previous studies reported molecular interactions among plant-ECM fungi-surrounding microbes near plant roots, microbiome-wide metabo...

Current therapies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often fail to achieve complete remission and are associated with systemic toxicity owing to their broad immunosuppressive effects. To overcome these limitations, we developed a bioengineered extracellular vesicle (EV) platform that modulates key immune signaling...

Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) serves as a valuable indicator for remote sensing of plant physiology. Recent studies have shown that far-red SIF at 761 nm (hereafter SIF) from mid spectral resolution (SR) imagers (3–7 nm full width half maximum (FWHM)) derived reliable fluorescence emission in rela...